You must be kidding - that's not a Mirage flaw, it's a feature ! MICHAEL SAPP <wa3tts@verizon.net> wrote: Nuking = The tendancy for Mirage amplifiers to break into full power oscillation when present
Hi John, After missing the ARRL June Contest this year (family and emergencies trump contesting) I'm planning on making up for it during the CQ WW VHF .... It'll just be DM12, not necessarily rare, b
Will be in DM12rr on both 6 and 2 meters, all modes including digital, long yagis and plenty of power on both bands ... Will be looking north at the top of the hour, east at the bottom of the hour, i
Haven't seen much activity or posting of planed participation on any of the regular reflectors .... wondering if there's anyone with late plans to post, in need of grid squares or just simply wanting
There we go making Lemonade again .... would be nice, but the 10Gig spots to make that happen suffer on 222 and 432 because of local interferrence and general RF junk .... If there was any sort of gu
Will be up on my usual hill at 4900' ASL, in DM12rr, 50 thru 2304 plus 10Gig ... Email works up on the hill if anyone needs the antennas turned a specific way or wants to set up any skeds '73 de
KG6IYN will be at the usual roost 4900' ASL DM12rr for this contest weekend. Plans are to 50, 144, 220, 432, 902, 1296 bands, with 2304 and 10 gig as options. Will have equipment and software t
You know, if the government spent this much time working on fixing the budget, we'd all be richer, the economy would be thriving and every rainbow would end at a pot of gold. Unfortunately, life and
Chet, That was JUST about perfect .... if you had simply added "You do not know the POWER of the Dark Side ..." you would have had me .... <grin> But seriously, if everyone on, active and read
Just the way things are done I guess .... Generally, East of the Mississippi, 903, West of the Mississippi 902 .... most transverters will work the 1 meg spread providing the IF Radio can handle it
Jeesh - must be nice to NOT have to work for a living, waiting for your stimulus check, have free Internet access, provisioned by the inventor of the Internet, Al Gore, and aimlessly render all of th
Thanks Nate !! Your comment and observations were spot on !! -KG6IYN I thought it accurately pointed out the truth. The winners will continue to find ways to win, even if it means buying a "used
James, You only missed one thing I could think of, it's FUN. There's a lot to be said for the slower pace, being able to entice and encourage others in to participating because it isn't like having
In preparation of the June ARRL VHF Contest: Realigned my IC-375 that was long over due. Completed construction on my third DEMI 2304 Transverter, testing should be done tomorrow. _________________
Tested the Demi 2304 transverter and finished alignment - this is my third for this band, and will allow me to put the other two in to service for other local operators :-) Built a new M2 222-5WL w
Both kids baseball games were rained out and fields closed due to poor conditions and safety (go figure, Southern California on late May). Change of plans - Go in to ad-hoc mode (read, no real dedi
Both kids had baseball games that were rained out and fields closed due to poor conditions and safety (go figure, Southern California on late May). Change of plans - Go in to ad-hoc mode (read, no
Sunday - wife is coming down with a cold so I'm in "Mr. Mom" mode to take care of kids - all is good, I enjoy the time with them ... Evening and after kids are in bed, it's time to do laundry for
KG6IYN will be at DM12rr hilltopping again for June. Plans are to be on 6m thru 2304 with 10Gig. I will have long yagis, stacked in a few cases, with plenty of power and I'm looking to extend my pe
KG6IYN contest plans for the upcoming weekend ... CQ WW VHF Contest !! Location - either DM12tu or DM12rr, TBD :-) Planned operations, Single Operator, All Bands (yes, all two:-), Pair of M2 6M7-